I mentioned one of my passion projects was to read the entirety of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations aloud following the original serialised publication dates. Well, I’ve got started on that with the first two chapters, with chapter one released today. In an ideal world, I would have read this great work in front of a crackling […]
#3 Audiobook Pick of the Week
Anna Karenina has fast become one of my favourite books of all time. But there’s no denying it’s a long book. Don’t let the length, or the large cast of Russian names, put you off though. Once you settle into Tolstoy’s world, you become very much at home. You make friends with Levin, Vronsky, Stefi, […]
#2 Audiobook Pick of the Week
I normally scorn Man Booker Prize winners. Pretentious and style over substance. Not much style either. And perhaps I might have thought the same for George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo if it wasn’t for the audiobook production. As it turns out, Lincoln in the Bardo rapidly became one of my favourite books of all […]
#1 Audiobook Pick of the Week
We’re kicking off a new regular feature called Audiobook Pick of the Week. My dirty secret for reading so many books is an audiobook and running addiction. I’ve got Anna Karenina and The Illustrated Man on my bedside right now, but I’ve also downloaded both of these books in audiobook form from Audible. Audiobooks keep me company as […]